. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. OREODOXA ORIGANUM 1173 A. Leaf-segments not tvruiJcled or wavy. B. Trunk sivoUeu at or above the middle. regia, HBK. Royal Palm. Fig. 1592. Caudex 40-60 ft. high: leaf sei?ments 2% ft. long, 1 in. or less wide, linear, acuraiuate: fr. ovoid, M in. Everglades of Fla., Cuba. Antigua. 9:155. 10:505.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. OREODOXA ORIGANUM 1173 A. Leaf-segments not tvruiJcled or wavy. B. Trunk sivoUeu at or above the middle. regia, HBK. Royal Palm. Fig. 1592. Caudex 40-60 ft. high: leaf sei?ments 2% ft. long, 1 in. or less wide, linear, acuraiuate: fr. ovoid, M in. Everglades of Fla., Cuba. Antigua. 9:155. 10:505. III. 17:239; 27:297. 12:311. supp. Oct. 1, 1892. BE. Trunk not sivollen at the middle. oler§icea,IVIart.{Areca olerdcea,Jiicq.). Cabbage Palm. Caudex 100-120 ft. high: leaf-segments lanceolate-linear, acuminate, 3 ft. long, 1% in. wide: fruit obovoid-ob- long, % in. West Indies. Cult, in S. Fla. â AA. Leaf-segments wrinkled and wavy. Sancdna, HBK. Stem 120-150 ft., smooth, glabrous, grayish black : Ivs. pinnate; Ifts. membranaceous : wood very hard, used in building houses. Colombia. Cult, only in S. Calif. âFranceschi says it has brownish leaf-stalks and is more tender than the other 2 species. Jared G. Smith. OREOPANAX (, mountain Panax). Aralidcec^. Some eighty species names have been referred to this genus, but the number of species is probably not one- half this number. In the trade, the species of Oreo- panax are usually known as Aralias. but in the Aralia tribe the petals are imbricate in the bud, whereas in Oreopanax they a-re valvate. The Oreopanaxes are tropi- cal American trees and shrubs,with simple or compound entire or toothed thick Ivs., and fis. in dense heads which are arranged in racemes or panicles: calyx with minute or obsolete limb: petals 4â7, usually 5. the sta- mens of the same number and with ovate or oblong anthers: ovary 3-7-loculed, the styles rather long and bearing a flat, not thick, stigma: fr. globose and berry- like. Few spe
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